Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-08
HERR MOST CONVICTED.
rho Anarchist AgItator Found Guilty Oh
the Charges Against Him.

r.he Anarchist Aritmtor Found Guilty OF
the Charges Against Him.
N=w YoRK Nov 3O-When the trlat OF
Johann Most was resumed yesterday morn
inc The defendant was called 10 the vii ness
stand TO testify in his own beaalf- he
denied that he had threatened the cXeco-
toner of the Anarchists in Chicago or any
one else. The meeting at hritemer's halA
at which the alleged seditious speech was
made was, he said, public one MI.
Schultz was the chairman and not Schenck,
as the police testified. BE addressed ms
hearers as he said as ..Fellow-ci iZens' ana
not as Anarchists. He then went on 70
give his version OF the speech he MADE IL
lacked the threats and violent language ne
is charged with having uttered "On the
cry of .RevengeP being uttered in the audi
ence, he went on, l said, Not now
The capitalists are arrayed against
Us. We are here to accuse, and &C
cusc Grinnell, Gary and the judges 9i
the murder" He had described Powderly
as an instrument IN the execution oy not
taking sides with the condemned men, He
was not sure that he said he would give
ten years OF his life to know the hangmah
and that he would strangle him. he had
never said that for every man killed IN
Chicago five hundred would be slaughtered
Most said he was u Communisilc An
archist. ave do not fight against any par
ficular government said Most; 1--WE do
do not specially fight the Government OF
the United States; we are opposed TO gov
eminent as such. We think the power
held by the government should be abol-
ished."
Bombs and dynamitef' asked Mr..
Nicoll.
Yes, on both sides"
'Four idea is to conquer peaceably II you
can. by force if you mustr'
''That is history. We believe force VIII
be necessary in time"
On cross-examination Assistant District
Attorney Nicon questioned Most OH the
record OF his past life. The prisoner said
he had been convicted of treason in Aus
tria IN 1862 and had been imprisoned one
year In 1870 lae was again convicted IN
that country OF the same crime and got a
five years sentence, but gained his liberty
in 1871 through an amnesty granted to
political prisoners. In 1872 he was SEN
fenced to one years imprisonment Ia
Berlin for calling the Emperor OF
Germany "slaughterer' and a ''massa-
Greer" In 1874 he WAS sentenced TO I'M
prisonment for one year and six months
for Il speech made in Berlin on the MEM
orial day OF the Paris commune. In 1887
lie was sentenced in Berlin to two months
imprisonment for blasphemy. In 1881 he
was sentenced in England to eighteen
months inprjson menJ for applauding in
the FTeilteh the killing Of the Car. w hen
he got out OF prison there he came TO This
country and has since remained here.
The witness admitted having written a
book on Free Society,"" Social Move
ments i'll Ancient Rome" ''Bastile of Plot
zee,'' s'The He'll or Blackwell's Island"
and others.
wrangle between the lawyers ensued
! when Most was asked whether he had
written Il book on the cart of Revolution
/ AIRY Warfare or book on dynamite and
other explosives. He refused To answer oI
the ground that the answer would tend 10
! whether he believed that modern explo-
: sives were necessary to carry out his ideas;
whether lie had advised others as TO the
cheapest manner OF manufacturing eX-
piosiVes; whether he had advised that
electric battery be used at a distance 10 eX-
! pode dynamite but when few moments
can be had o get away, fuse OF six or eight
inches will serve; whether he had said
3 that for AN explosion in "A crowd d shell
best, and it should be globuar TO produce
/ splendid results; whether he had said that
! gas pipe with screw caps will produce
. brilliant results; whether he had adv .sed
that "A fruit jar be filled with benZne III
/ which medicine glass filled with powder,
! tightly closed and having a fuse. be placed
| and that on bursting the fiery benZine would
! be scattered; whether he ADVISED The use
| of the deadly poison curare OH arrow heads.
The witness grew greatly excited when
! these questions were asked ana declined tC
answer each on the same ground. He SAID
| vehementlv: "What have thew to do with
nv 81 eech ut Kraemer's Hall!"
But the judge iii each case allowed the
question.
This ended the evidence and the argu-
meuts of counsel followed at once occupy
ing two hours
AT ten O'Clock The jury entered the court
room and rendered Il verdict OF guilty as
charged in the Indictment.
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